Fungal Biology (4th edition)

Paperback  372 pages, 351 illustrations.  ISBN 1405130660      £27.50

• Provides insights into many topical areas such as fungal ultrastructure and the mechanisms of fungal growth, important fungal metabolites and the molecular techniques used to study fungal populations.
• Focuses on the interactions of fungi that form the basis for developing biological control agents, with several commercial examples of the control of insect pests and plant diseases.
• Emphasises the functional biology of fungi, with examples from recent research.
• Includes a clear illustrative account of the features and significance of the main fungal groups.

Contents

Preface

• 1 Introduction: the fungi and fungal activities
• 2 The diversity of fungi and fungus-like organisms
• 3 Fungal structure and ultrastructure
• 4 Fungal growth
• 5 Differentiation and development
• 6 Fungal nutrition
• 7 Fungal metabolism and fungal products
• 8 Environmental conditions for growth, and tolerance of extremes
• 9 Fungal genetics, molecular genetics, and genomics
• 10 Fungal spores, spore dormancy, and spore dispersal
• 11 Fungal ecology: saprotrophs
• 12 Fungal interactions: mechanisms and practical exploitation
• 13 Fungal symbiosis
• 14 Fungi as plant pathogens
• 15 Fungal parasites of insects and nematodes
• 16 "The moulds of man"
• 17 Principles and practice of controlling fungal growth

Systematic Index
General Index